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GREEN HANDS
GREEN HANDS
Biodiversity Through Alternative Cropping
Nicholas Munyororo
A part of God’s revelation through Rotational Cropping
His creation is the diversity of spe- In Farming God's Way we advocate that rotations should occur every third
cies that exist under natural condi- year. Divide lands into 3 equal proportions and allocate the first two to the
tions. In Farming God's Way we staple crop, for example maize, and 3 rd portion to the rotation crop, exam-
encourage farmers to adopt this di- ple green beans. (See diagram below)
versity by practicing rotations, relay
cropping and growing green manure YEAR 1 2 3 4
cover crops. Farming God’s Way
is not only applicable to the maize PORTION 1 MAIZE BEANS MAIZE MAIZE
crop and this section will give you
some guidelines on how to grow PORTION 2 MAIZE MAIZE BEANS MAIZE
some of the alternative crop types.
PORTION 3 BEANS MAIZE MAIZE BEANS
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